Warm welcome at Fernhurst Furnace open day

Published:07:00Saturday 01 September 2012

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THERE will be a warm welcome for visitors at the Fernhurst Furnace on September 8 and 9.

As part of the National Heritage Open Days Event, visitors will be shown the huge contribution the Wealden Iron Industry made to the economy of the Weald, as well as its contribution to the arming of the British navy with cannons in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The blast furnace is the best preserved of its type in the south of England.

There will be a number of talks, displays and guided tours of the site.

Members of the Sir Marmaduke Rawdons Regiment of Foot, along with members of the Sealed Knot will demonstrate musket drills to visitors.

Craft demonstrations will also take place including blacksmithing, glass making, pole lathe work and smelting bronze.